Diretrizez Geom?tricas de Aux?lio ao Processo de Projeto de Edif?cios Residenciais [Geometrical Guid This paper discusses the basic principles of a geometric method to aid the design process of residential buildings. It makes part of the initial phases of a research whose aim is to develop a computer system to aid the sketching and evaluation of floor plant design of multi-storied residential buildings. The fundamental idea of the research is the existence of some basic patterns of floor plants that reflect the designer?s mental models in this category of building. The models are regarding the Author(s): Andrade, Max and Cheng, Liang-Yee

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